In 2003, 17-year-old Diego Gonzalez had his whole life in front of him. He was a senior in high school, a star wrestling athlete, beloved by his friends and family, and had plans to join the military after he graduated. Sadly, he wouldn't get to live out his life plans as Diego would be found dead on November 10, 2003. The investigation soon hits a wall when there are no leads as to who would have done this to Diego, but after speaking with his brother, Omar, investigators soon learn that there ...
Jan 30, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 130
When 98-year-old Margaret Douglas's neighbors hadn't seen her in a couple of days, they contacted her family to let them know. Her nephew, Howard, entered her home through an open door and made a horrific discovery, Margaret's dead body. For weeks, investigators had no leads in her case, but that soon changed when a neighbor of Margaret's, 17-year-old Gavon Ramsay, was questioned by police for a different crime. Upon looking through Gavon's phone, investigators found a direct link to Margaret's ...
Jan 23, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 129
On December 17, 1994, 27-year-old Alison Botha, spent her Saturday with her friends at the beach. Later that night, after midnight, Alison went to drop off her friend back at her place, and it never crossed her mind how life was about to change once she returned home. While about to exit her car, a man opened her door, and held a knife to her throat, asking her to move over. Over the next 90 minutes, Alison was kidnapped, rapped, attacked, and left for dead. But, the one thing her attackers neve...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 128
When 21-year-old Valentina Trespalacios moved in with her boyfriend, John, in January 2023, she had no idea that he would end up murdering her. Valentina grew up in a struggling household in Bogota, Colombia, and all she strived for was to be successful so she could help provide for her family. As she gained some success as a DJ, she met John online, who immediately began to lavish her with money and gifts and they began to date long-distance. After a toxic relationship, the couple broke up and ...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 127
In 2018, 16-year-old junior Danyna Gibson was at the top of her academics at Fitzgerald High School. She was one step closer to becoming the valedictorian of her graduating class and couldn't wait to pursue computer engineering after graduation. Sadly, Danyna wouldn't get to graduate. When issues with a former friend, 17-year-old, Tayana Lewis, exploded into something no one could have imagined, family and friends were left wondering how things took such a dark turn. Join us for today's episode ...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 126
When 24-year-old Alyssa Burkett made it work on October 2, 2020, she had no idea that there was someone there already waiting for her to shoot her. Unfortunately, Alyssa would be killed that day, but investigators would not have to look long before a primary suspect would make himself known, along with a motive. Join us for today’s episode to learn about what happened to Alyssa. So, grab your cafecito, and let’s get started. You can keep up with us on Instagram at @cafecitoandcrimepod Or you can...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 125
When Jim Krauseneck made it home after work on February 19, 1982, he had no idea the horrific scene he was about to walk into. In their Brighton, NY home, Jim found his wife, Cathy, dead with an axe lodged in her head. When the investigation began, the scene looked like a robbery gone wrong, but after further inspection, the scene looked staged. Suspicion soon fell on Jim but without any concrete evidence against him, the case turned cold. It would be 40 years later, that someone was held accoun...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 124
When Aileen Seiden returned with her ex, Zach Abell, she didn't know he would be her demise. Now, in a volatile relationship and on the road without her belongings, Aileen is trying to figure out how to make it back home safely. With a plan set to do just that, all she had to do was make it to Tampa, FL, but sadly, Aileen wouldn't make it there. Her beaten body was discovered off Highway 98 in Apalachicola, FL on April 23, 2018. Join us for today's episode to learn what happened to Aileen. So, g...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 123
When 18-year-old Mandy Stavik returned to her small hometown, Acme, Washington, for Thanksgiving, she never thought it would be the last time she ever did. An avid runner, she went on a post-Thanksgiving day run down her regular route of Strand Rd with the family dog. When the dog made it back to the home alone, and without Mandy, it caused immediate concern. Tragically, Mandy's body was found three days later in the nearby Nooksack River, and her death was ruled a homicide. Her case soon turned...
Dec 05, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 122
When three similar missing persons reports were made in the area of Bradford within months of each other, police suspected they might all be connected but weren’t sure. While searching for the third missing woman, Suzanne, the police received evidence that would break open all three cases. What they didn’t expect was to find how gruesomely all three women had been killed by the self-proclaimed Crossbow Cannibal. Join us for today’s case to learn more about the three missing women. So, grab your ...
Nov 21, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 121
In 2023, a wellness check for Lois and John McCullough was called in by the couple's doctor's office since they had been canceling their doctor's appointments throughout the years. Not only that, but no one had seen them around since the pandemic. When police finally get to speak to their daughter, Virginia McCullough, she reveals things to the police that would leave them in shock as to the whereabouts of Lois and John. Join us for today's episode to learn about what happened to the couple, and...
Nov 14, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 120
When 29-year-old business owner Andreen McDonald didn’t show up to work on March 1, 2019, friends and family knew that something was wrong. As it happens in many cases, her husband, Andre, soon became a person of interest in her disappearance. When he stopped cooperating with investigators and lawyered up, the race was on to prove that he did have something to do with Andreen's disappearance and suspected murder. Join us for today's episode to find out what truly happened to Andreen. So, grab yo...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 119
On October 22, 2013, beloved 9th-grade math teacher Colleen Ritzer went to work just as she loved to do every day. On this day, toward the end of the school day, she stayed with a student, Phillip Chism, who was also new to the school, in her classroom in case he needed help with schoolwork. Later in the day, a search ensued for both Colleen and Phillip after neither showed up at their homes. Phillip was found wandering down a highway, and Colleen was tragically found brutally assaulted and murd...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 118
High school senior Brooke Skylar Richardson seemed to have everything going for her. She was a cheerleader, she was a good student, she had a good boyfriend, and was on her way to the University of Cincinnati. But Skylar was keeping a big secret: she was pregnant. Skylar would end up giving birth to a baby alone in the middle of the night at home, and it is what she did next that would unravel her life. Join us for today’s episode to learn what happened next. So, grab your cafecito, and let’s ge...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 117
When Nadia Ford called her mother, Alla, multiple times on October 5, 2014, and didn't answer, she knew something was wrong. She soon suspected that her mother’s neighbor, Viktoria, knew something about her mother’s whereabouts. Sadly, Alla’s remains would be found, and Viktoria would soon be on the run from the Russian police for Alla’s disappearance and murder. Viktoria would continue her string of crimes in a different country, but Nadia was not going to give up and let her get away with what...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 116
On a stormy night on June 3, 2007, police arrived at Etta Jean Westbrook's home to find her dead in her living room in a pool of blood. As the investigation of her death begins, investigators catch a big break early in the case that leads to an arrest. What investigators weren't expecting was that, while looking for more evidence in that case, they'd find that someone else had been killed across the street and no one had seemed to notice, until now. Join us for today's episode to learn about wha...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 115
When Matthew Trussler met Melissa Turner in 2017, he thought he had finally met someone who he genuinely connected with. The couple went on to get engaged and purchase a home in Tampa, FL. Everything seemed to be going well, until October 2019 when Melissa called 911 stating that she found her fiance Matthew in a pool of blood. As the investigation begins, police soon realize that Melissa was not telling them the whole truth about what truly happened in the home between her and Matthew and that ...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 114
On Saturday in the fall of 1998, Sara Raras thought she was going to spend the night alone since her son was spending the weekend with his father, Sara's estranged husband. Tragically, what Sara thought was going to be a quiet night, would actually turn deadly and she would never see her son again. As investigators tried to solve Sara's murder, her estranged husband became suspect number one but they would soon find out that they had it all wrong, and it wasn't him who had done it. Instead, it w...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Before Christmas break in 2018, 16-year-old Iyana Sawyer didn’t return home from school. It raised immediate concern from her family, not only because it was unlike her, but also because she was pregnant. A large search for Iyana ensued, which led to discovering the worst news her family could have received, that she was no longer alive, and that it was someone close to the family who was involved. Join us for today's episode, so grab your cafecito, and let's get started. You can keep up with us...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 112
When Maribel Ramos posted an ad on Craiglist for a roommate, she thought that she was going to find someone with whom she could get along. Initially, that was the case, and things were going well with her roommate, KC until he developed feelings for her. Things would take a turn for the worse when Maribel let KC know that she didn’t return his feelings. Join us for today’s episode to learn about what happened to Maribel. So, grab your cafecito, and let’s get started. You can follow us on Instagr...
Aug 08, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 111
When Sherri Papini disappeared on November 2, 2016, her husband and family, along with the rest of the nation, waited with bated breath for her return. Her face on a missing poster was all over the place and her story was on every news outlet from the moment she went missing. Twenty-two days would pass by before Sherri was found on a highway with injuries. Eventually, Sherri’s story of abduction would unravel, and what was initially thought to be an abduction and torture case, would turn out to ...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 110
When Dr. George Blumenschein started feeling unwell on the morning of Sunday, January 27, 2013, he tried to shake it off. He also discarded suggestions from colleagues and his girlfriend to go to the ER and continued his work day. It wasn’t until almost midnight when he finally made it to the ER with failing kidneys, and it was detrimental that doctors found out the cause before it was too late. It would take doctors a couple of days before they discovered the cause, ethylene glycol, the main in...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 109
In 1979 and 1980, children in the Claymore suburb of Sydney began to die. Since the community was described as needy and underprivileged, no one ever truly put the pieces together that the deaths had one common thread, Helen Patricia Moore. It wasn't until a specific death in 1980 that one person knew for certain that it was Helen who was involved and would finally put an end to the killing streak. Join us for today's episode to learn more about Helen Patricia Moore. So, grab your cafecito, and ...
Jun 29, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 108
On January 3, 2022, Lacey Fletcher's suffering would finally end, which she had been experiencing for about 12 years. The 36-year-old woman would be found in horrific living conditions in the home where she lived, conditions that no one should ever be found in. Her parents, Sheila and Clay Fletcher would be charged with her murder and sentenced for her death. Join us for today's case, so grab your cafecito, and let's get started. You can follow us on Instagram at @cafecitoandcrimepod. Or you can...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 107
In the early morning hours of December 14, 2006, 55-year-old James Langley woke up to excruciating pain and realized he was on fire. He managed to extinguish himself as his wife went next door to get help. He would be transported to the hospital but would sadly pass away 12 days later. During the investigation, detectives would soon learn that there was someone who had a motive to hurt James and it was someone who they initially wouldn’t have suspected. Join us for today's episode, so go ahead a...
Jun 13, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 106
It’s another current true crime stories for today’s episode. We’re still chugging along here so thank you for joining us today and for your continued support while we get back on schedule. Takesha Williams, 24, and Efrem Allen 25, were arrested and charged with charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child after their 3-year-old son was found unresponsive in the family home. Ashely Parmeley, 36, walked into a police station in Missouri and confessed to killing 2 of her children. GoFundMe for I...
May 30, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 105
For today’s episode, we are discussing current true crime cases that we are keeping up with. Thank you for joining us today and for your continued support while we get back on schedule. Jose Cortez, 39, was arrested in the Mexican city of Iztacalco, after raping and murdering a 17-year-old. After further investigation, he was found to be a serial killer, and named by some as the Mexican Jeffrey Dahmer. Murad Dervish was arrested after shooting and killing Thomas Meixner outside his office at the...
May 23, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 104
In the early morning hours of December 8, 2000, 22-year-old Trevor Deely was walking home from a night out. He was still planning on going to work that morning, Friday, but unfortunately, he never showed up. When he didn't show up again on Monday, his family was contacted, and the search for Trevor began. Investigators would find CCTV footage of Trevor making a stop at his workplace before heading home but nothing would come of it. To this day, no one knows what happened to Trevor and his body h...
May 02, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Thank you for joining us today. We are currently trying to get back on schedule and are working on it, we promise! So, in the meantime, for today's episode, we discuss current true crime stories that are still developing. Story 1. Elias Huzier shot and killed his ex-wife Amber outside of an elementary school, where their oldest child witnessed the crime. After his home was searched, a woman's body was found deceased who was believed to be his girlfriend. Story 2. A now-former teacher of Klein HI...
Apr 25, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 102
In the early morning hours of October 13, 1984, 20-year-old Angela Samota went home after dropping off some friends from a night out. After arriving, she got a knock on her door and had no idea her killer was on the other side. Sadly, it would take 24 years until Angela's killer was brought to justice, and it was all due to her friend Sheila's unrelentingness. Join us for today's episode to learn about Angela's case. So, grab your cafecito, and let's get started. You can follow us on Instagram a...
Apr 18, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 101
